Micky's Race Car
12 second N/A 1600!
Best 1/4 mile: 12.394 & 104.19
Best 1/8 mile: 7.72 & 85.31
Best 60 foot: 1.528
(Click thumbnails for larger picture!)
Here are some pics and a video of a dyno session where we increased the power 4% with some minor tuning...
Here are some recent pics...
Here are some spy pictures of the race car just after the real paint job! (More pics will be posted when car is finished.)
Here are some pictures of the race car before the real paint job!
Here are some pictures of the engine when he had it in his street car:
Micky’s 1600cc engine (1584cc)
Engine case = Waterboxer converted to air cooled.
Bore = 85.5mm
Stroke = 69mm
8 dowelled lightened flywheel
Rods = 5.5"
Compression = 13 : 1
Intake valves = 40mm
Exhaust valves = 35.5mm
Cam = Engle FK-10
Straight cut cam gears
Rockers = Pauter 1.4:1 ratio
Pushrods = Aircooled.net aluminum
Lifters = Scat Lube-a-Lobe with SLR regrind & treatment
Carbs = Weber 44mm IDF w/36mm venturis
Exhaust = 1 5/8"
Ignition = MSD SCI-L,2-Step, 009 distributor with double sprung tiger stripe
points, Blaster 2 coil, MSD Wires
Transaxle - Type II Bus
4.86 ring and pinion
4.11 first
2.31 second
1.48 third
1.12 fourth
IRS Bus to sedan intermediate housing
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When the engine was in his street legal 1964 Bug (1800lbs. with driver), without
fan belt and 13:1 compression he ran a best of 8.77 in the 1/8th and 13.75
@ 97mph in the 1/4! With the fan belt and 11:1 compression he ran a best
of 9.05 @ 74.88mph in the 1/8th and 14.73 & 90mph in the 1/4. In the
street car here is what he ran for a transaxle...
Type 1 IRS transaxle
4.12 ring and pinion
3.78 first
2.06 second
1.53 third
1.31 fourth
Rino Case
H/D side plate
4 spider Super Diff